Betty Girl,
BA were willing to table new fleet well before Bill Franciss' memo above. The company were well aware of the contention that the project was causing and it offered, as part of the early negotiation, to bring MF and its inception/shelving to the table. BASSA refused to negotiate. The refused to sit in with the other Unions and they refused to believe/be briefed on the economic situation. Why should they bother with a little point of securing their members futures?
Dress it up in any way you wish but the initial imposition didn't hit anyone in the pocket anywhere near as hard as in many other departments.